On Feb 3, 2014, at 11:15 AM, Xuefu Zhang <xzh...@cloudera.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking if it makes more sense to fork sqlline > directly into Apache. upon its completion, Hive gets rid of its copy of > sqlline and creates a dependency on the forked sqlline instead. I guess > this is a top-down approach and the benefits are immediate across multiple > projects. You’re basically suggesting that I do step 3 before 1 and 2. It makes sense, because it reduces risk. I have logged https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-6361 with an updated proposal. Julian